BA/MA Economics Where to start

I graduated last year with my MA in economics from a state school in west MI. My undergrad/grad gpa's were 3.38/3.25. This last year I spent time first studying and getting into law school but realizing the law labor market is flooded I backed out. I'm not taking classes to fill the CPA requirements and and taking the GMAT soon looking at MAcc programs of Ph.D. in accounting. Ideally I would like to work as an analyst because going back to school for another master's isn't going to help me because I already have one. The closest thing I had to a break through was that I made it to the last rounds of interviews at Harvard's center for Biostatistics and AIDS research. I've done work in automated forecasting of economic data, but don't know where I can use this. I don't really have internships and I've spent the last half year taking accounting classes and working in a factory.

If I can get some advice on how to get a 50k paying job in NYC I would be more than happy with that.

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Did you write a thesis that was mathematically involved? (I'm talking Linear Algebra and beyond).

'I've done work in automated forecasting of economic data'

You could look into working in research for various banks if you know programming and math. However, I would learn financial modeling by yourself or through a course before you start applying for any banking jobs. I say this because you could leverage your past year off, just say you took a gap year and did some soul searching and LSAT study, then just apply to a ton of boutiques in NYC.

I suggest you start networking soon while learning modeling and don't limit yourself to NYC. I'm sure some alumni work in banking around the Chicago area as well.

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karyptoDid you write a thesis that was mathematically involved? (I'm talking Linear Algebra and beyond).

'I've done work in automated forecasting of economic data'

You could look into working in research for various banks if you know programming and math. However, I would learn financial modeling by yourself or through a course before you start applying for any banking jobs. I say this because you could leverage your past year off, just say you took a gap year and did some soul searching and LSAT study, then just apply to a ton of boutiques in NYC.

I suggest you start networking soon while learning modeling and don't limit yourself to NYC. I'm sure some alumni work in banking around the Chicago area as well.

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Unfortunately my program didn't require a thesis, but the programming I've done is mostly statistical analysis using r/SAS. I've also done some scripting, php/mysql, python, and a little C++ but I would rather not be a code monkey. As far as financial modeling I have spent a lot of time learning technical analysis on my own time and BS valuation. Thanks for the help, I'll start researching some boutiques. I know I don't have a top education but I've managed to avoid debt and build my own skill set along the way.
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